Joan Z. Borysenko Quotes
We drop like pebbles into the ponds of each other's souls, and the orbit of our ripples continues to expand, intersecting with countless others.
May I be at peace. May I awaken to the light of my own true nature. May I be healed and may I be the source of healing for others.
When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn't right, we will have peaceful hearts.
Forgiveness ... is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.
Every act of kindness and compassion toward others gets multiplied when they, in turn, pass it on. One by one the world becomes a better place. Service is indeed the gift that keeps on giving.
Throughout the life cycle we consciously and unconsciously edit the events of our life, trying to give them meaning.
Learning to be aware of feelings, how they arise and how to use them creatively so they guide us to happiness, is an essential lifetime skill.
The stereotype of aging as a progressive loss of function is generally true only for people who stop functioning.
True peacefulness comes from abandoning the illustion that satisfying desires brings pleasure.
Have we arrived at our own faith and our own path or simply internalized the beliefs of parents, clergy, spouse, or friends?
If we believe that the universe is unfriendly and that our very souls are in danger, peace will be elusive at best.
